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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

PAUL TULANE, THE MILLIONAIRE, DRAp.-Th
died sunday night at his Princeton home i'm hi
t1ghty-SiNth Year. Mr.. Tulane was one of me mos
wealthy men in the state, and has made 10 IN
city OF New Orleans gifts amounting TO abOu
S2UO,0OO, TO found the Tulane University. IN
deceased was great Spectator in cotton, cloth
ing, and real estate, from which he amasss.d a for
tune OF several millions and was the owner of val
liable property in the East, West, and South.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

A syndicate OF Cincinnati capitalists has tust mr.
chased the S0ddy Coal co. Is property In TenDesse,
comprising more than GOO acres Of mineral and
farming lands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

MARRIED IN POLICE COURT.-A dispatch to the
New York World states that ChaS. b. Titco,nb. a
Harvard student. and said to be the son or n C,J
Iorhla millionaire, was married in Boston Police
court saturday 10 Miss Edith OgilSby, daughter OF
louise Paulln, OF the Carleton Opera Company
Inc marriage was the elimination OF an intimacy
begun several months ago between the young
people, ana was strongly Insisted by the moi her
OF the girl as the only PREPARATION thai could ha
made by Tltcomb for the injury he had done her
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

SrTSFSTS OF THE DIME NOyEI-Arthur Shr,o+,
aged IL, brother or the Erie telegraph dispat cher
al Asocd, SteuDen county, y. Y, and arnfhe,
young man named Con Chase, son oil Station Aeon,
Chds,. robbed " Il. Caase, a prominent l,,si1ass
Ran Oh Avoca, last saturday night OF 81. 300 and
het. Ihcif absence created The suspicion that
they were the guilty parties, and Officers stored
liz every direction Ia pursuit of the iuyiJiye They
were captured at SayOnia anu Locked nm in the
county jail at Bath Nearly AL Che money Was
found on their persons The ooys' mindS wers
poisoned By reading dime novels, and arining them
selves they Determined TO go West and soo up,
the Indians and ccwD boys OF the plains ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

REPokIEks ASSISTED BY QUEEN.-Even the
DIVINITY that doth hedge King Yields TO tre
power or the press. The reporters who we r.
puZnnS over the toilets ut Il recent court bail ot
Rome Were taken III tow by King Umberto 10
Mnom they frankly stated their Tx and mira
duCed 10 queen Marguerite, with the Suggestion
that she should coach them. Sine did this with
readiness ana winning grace that completely can
Ndled the qull!driSer5, debating 10 them a de-
scrption OF the handsomeSt dresses. She Wound
up WIN the injunction not 10 forget her Eeckiae
Oh pearls ior these the things that e. pecillIy
interest Jour lady readers -'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

tpsoue occurred IN the superior Court, In INDIAN
ap0ils, lnd-, Monday. About year since john
\. Ls onS was ki!ied py Samuel Marley. Lyons
was supposed To be unmarried. lie Jeff an Estate
worth ABOUT $1,000, 10 which his relatives laid
ciaiii " men clsilLn was disputed by woman
VINO asserted that she had been married TO LYONS
TIE result OF the union being u daughter VINO Is
no" ABOUT is Years OF age. Record evidences
3no"iAS tIial the marriage was soemnized In St
seemed hopeless out to-day, TO the great Surprise
ot the defense, the priest who performed the cerp
Hlohs appeaTcdin court, his testimony completely
established the claim made by the dead mans
Wiz anu the probability l. that the entire estate
VIII DE awarded To her and her daughter
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-03-30

OF human nature has declared that the most awkwar
rredicanent man be placed in Is to be unexpec
edly called upon to mix in society
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

and they worked together nearly forty yecrs
Grinding lenses is n work which requires
the utmost nicely. Often, after months Of
careful labor, flaw is found and all the
work must be lost Once when Mr. Clark
was giving the final polishing to lens upon
which a years time had been expended, it
fell to the floor and was broken. Looking
woefully at the fragments few moments
in silence, he stood up, saying: "Boys, we
will make better one" The unlimited pa
tience which enabled him to be cheerful un-
der such disaster was his chief character
istic. And he was ever cheerful and COM
panionable. ...
Mr.. Clark was the first optician in the
United States to make achromatic lenses,
each completed lens being composed of two
pieces, one of crown and the other Of flint
glass, and he invented numerous improve
ments in telescopes and their manu-
facture, including the double eye piece,
an ingenious method of measuring
small celestial arcs. He made the 1888 inches
glass now in the Chicago observatory the
one of "a inches aperture for the Washington
observatory, and 80 inch refractor for the
Imperial observatory of st. Petersburg, for
which the honorary medal of Russia was
awarded-the only one ever conferred upon
an American. The last and greatest work of
Mr.. Clark and his sons was the construction
of 36 inch refractor for the Lick observa-
tory on Mt. Hamilton, in California. This
will be finished in few months, and will
be the largest in the world. Mr.. Clark was
also an astronomer of note, and made some
valuable discoveries, for which the Lalande
gold medal was awarded him by the French
academy. The cheapest telescope Mr. Clark
ever made cost $500, while the National lie
sold for $1,000, and the Lick glass will cost
$4,000 without the mounting. The objec-
tives alone to these instruments are worth
S25, 900 each, and are capable of magnify
ing power of 1000 diameters and of increas-
ing the surface of the object viewed to
2,500,0OO times its natural size. It takes
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with layer of water and the polishing rouge,
and the glass is again laid upon it, and kept
in motion in the same WY rs in the fine
grinding. Thus each surface of the two
glasses is speedily brought to high polish.
Then the glass is tested to find the defects.
1t is set up on edge, facing a luminous point
at distance equal to ten or fifteen times the
focal length. The IMAGE Of tine point formed
in the focus of the glass is then examined
with an eye piece of high power The glass
is then taken back to the tool and the polish
ing process is recommended, only pressing
upon those parts of the glass where it has to
be ground away. 1t is tried again, and again
goes to the polisher.
So far no extraordinary skill on the part of
the workman is required; but as the size of
the glass is increased the process becomes
more difficult and tedious, and the difficulties
of judging what the defects are increase enor-
mously.
The telescope is by no means finished with
the glass. It must be tubed properly. 1t
must admit of being moved by clock work in
such way that as the earth revolves from
west to east the telescope shall revolve from
east to west with exactly the same velocity,
and thus point steadily at the same star. The
details of the machinery for attaining these
and other results have required large
amount of thought and care
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-
harder he struggled to free himself the
stronger the log held on to him. Finally he
became exhausted, said his prayers prepara-
tory to death, and gave himself up 10 this
unknown and relentless foe. Then lie lost
consciousness. When he recovered himself
he was lying on the river bank, where
he had drifted, with the log alongside
of him. At the close of the way
Capt. Howell, who was then 25 years
of age, began to study law. He COM
bined politics with his profession, and held
the office of alderman in Atlanta. Then he
became city editor of The Atlanta Intelli-
gencer, but finally went back to law, and be-
came solicitor general of his circuit. He was
also elected to the state senate. In 1876 lie
was a delegate to the st. Louis Democratic
convention, and when he returned home he
once more gave up the law and bought all in
terest in The Atlanta Constitution, which was
then eight years old. 1t had been founded in
1868 by Carey w. Styles, who is known in
Georgia as the man who has started more
papers and made less money out of them than
any other man in the state. The Con-
stitution was then owned by E. Y. Clarke
and N. p 7. Finch, its editors, and w. A
Ato ouSIhSSS AAA1hoSSA' Sdpp' INV
ell bought out Clarke and started upon The
difficult task of making q successful daily
paper. He was aided by Hemphill and
Finch.
The pressing debts of the paper were paid,
but for some time money around The Consti-
tuition office was a very scarce article. Capt.
Howell's father, who was leading jurist Of
Georgia, had little faith in Atlanta news
papers, but the captain determined to apply
to him for assistance. 1t was refused, and
Capt. Howell then said that lie proposed to
mortgage his wite's house, which was pres
ent from her ather-in-law.
"Do So" was the reply; "but don't come to
me for another"
The house was duly mortgaged and the
debts paid. Capt. Howell and Mr.. Hemphill
now own over half of the. paper. The rest Of
the stock is divided between Mr.. Grady and
John H. Inman, Of New York
Mr.. Grady associated himself with the
paper in 1876,
Capt. Howell was elected state senator for
second time some time after The Constitu-
tion's embarrassments were overcome, and
was delegate at large to the Democratic
conventions of 1880 and 1884. Still later
President Cleveland rendered Capt Howell
the appointment as consul to Manchester,
England, but the Office was declined.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

machinery. The tools for grinding lens are
gery simple-merely round plates Of cast iron,
about three feet in diameter, followed out to
suit the curves Of the lens They look like
huge, shallow ssucers. Three OF these tools
are necessary, one nearly fat for the inner
surface Of the flint glass, one convex, for
its outer surface, and one concave, for the
crown glass. The surface OF the tool IS
covered with coarse emery and water, the
glass is laid upon it, and the grinding is
carried OIL by sliding the glass buck and forth
on the tool. While sliding, the glass is slowly
turned round, while, at the same time, the
operators continually move around In the
other direction, SO that the strokes are made
successfully in every direction on the tool
By these combined motions every inequality,
either ca the glass or the tool, is gradu-
ally wJrn away, and both are reduced
to portions of nearly perfect spheres Then
finer emery is used until the surface becomes
quite smooth. Then comes the polishing.
The whole tool is covered with n thin coating
of pitch, which is pressed, while still warm,
into the proper shape. 1t Is then covered
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08
CAPT. EVAN p. HOWELL.

The Bright Southerner Who Owns The
Atlanta Constitution.
Evan F. Howell, the chief editor and princi-
pal owner Of The Atlanta Constitution, is not
so well known as Henry W. Grady, whose
famous speech at New York last winter gave
him continent wide reputation. Capt
Howell was graduated from the Georgia
military academy just before the opening of
the war He joined the southern army and
distinguished himself first by successfully
conducting provision train from Winrhes-
ter, w. Va, to Cumberland, Nd, which
was an extremely perilous undertaking.
Afterward he was placed in charge
Of battery under Gen. Walker,
and given the rank of captain.
He had curious experience one dark night
while acting as scout in the Virginian cam
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arrival on the gold GOVERNOR BARTLETT.
en- coast he abandoned journalism for
politics and was that same year
elected county clerk. He has ever since
been in public life, having held Office con-
tinuously. In 1882 he was chosen mayor of
San Francisco, and, as in Cleveland's case,
the mayoralty proved stepping stone to the
Office OF chief magist' ate of his state. Gov
ernor Bartlett was elected on the Democratic
ticket, but his successor, Lieutenant Gov.
ernor Waterman, was chosen on the Repub-
lican ticket, and was the only one of that
party who was successful at tle polls. Gov.
ernor Bartlctt's disorder is Drisht's disease,
aggravated by paralysis. and lis disastrous
turn was due to overwoik during the recent
session Of the legislature.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

holding eight gallons, together with pitcher
fifteen and one-half inches high holding five
gallons, puff boxes Of enormous size, trays,
etc. The New York World in telling the
story of the set says Sarah went into ecstasies
when the designer showed her his drawings.
She said: allow beautiful" with the accent
on the "beaut," and could not suggest single
Improvement Then she prayed that the
things might be made at the earliest possible
moment and sent to her Immediately in what
ever part of the world she might be- Skilled
workmen were set at the task forthwith
Large sheets of sterling silver were spun and
hammered into the desired shapes. and the
monograms and coats of arms were sawed
out Of solid gold and delicately modelled by
the chaser. The work was carried on with a
secrecy equal to its dispatch, and the set has
already been delivered to the tradegy queen.
The pieces are ornamented with O coat Of
arms representing tragedy and comedy.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08
The Usual Interest.

Miss Litewaite ION the beach at Long
Branch )-Ah, Mr.. Kenyon, love the sea,
and next to that love the free and bound
less west. Do you take any interest in the
west, Mr.. Kenyon?
Kenyon Gust from Wall Etreet)-Only the
usual rate. Ten per cent. in Dakota and
Montana, and seven to eight in the other
territories Bazar.
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TESTING A LENS.

months solid labor to make good inch
objective, and q year for an or 10 inch one.
In recognition Of his great contributions to
science degrees were conferred on Mr.. Clark
by the universities of Harvard, Amherst,
Princeton and Chicago, but he had worked
nt telescopes for ten years without receiving
the slightest recognition or encouragement
from any official, scientific or educational
quarter. And yet these ten years were those
Of the revival or foundation Of practical
astronomy in tho United States To Mr..
Dawes, q scientific divine of Europe, is due
the credit of bringing out this telescope
maker. At the time Mr.. Clark began a
correspondence with Mr.. Dawes there was not
in all England an establishment which could
grind large object glass into accurate
shape England had lost the art of
shaping object glasses, but rough glass
OF tho necessary purity md uniformity
was cast there as in no other country. Mr.
Clark for some time imported his rough disks
to fill the orders he received from Mr.. Dawes,
who was telescope fancier, always on the
lookout for improvements In construction
and mounting. ri
Only the very largest lenses are ground by
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portrait painting. He located in Boston and
painted beads for twenty years, earning over
$4,000 with his brush, without ever having
been taught anything about the art. Though
he grew famous in quite another field, it was
TO his days of artist life that lie always went
back in memory with the most affection.
And during his later years lie again took up
the brush and found pleasure and recreation
in the work of his young manhood.
He was moro than 40 when he became in
terested in telescopes. Assisted by his two
sons he afterward produced the most accu-
rate and the two largest instruments in the
world. His eldest son, George B. Clark,
while in college at Andover read treatise
On "Casting and Grinding the Spectrum"
Inspired by that he conceived the idea of
making telescope. He consulted his father,
who at once became deeply interested in it.
They worked together at the experiment, and
from this small beginning came the great
work which brought them fame and wealth.
Both sons were later included in the business,
and the firm was known as Clark & Sons,
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certain people, in
cluding the execu-
tors Of the law of
the land as inter
preted in Ne W
York city. Mr..
Ives was originally
from Norwich,
Conn. While he
was still quito
young he took up
his abode In New
York, where he
was for q time Q
clerk at So a week.
And it is from such
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after his arrival in
San Francisco he
set up his press and
had the honor of
publishing the first
newspaper til a t
ever was issued in
the metropolis of
the Pacific slope.
During his career
as a publisher he
issued The Journal
Of Commerce and
The News. But
ten years after his
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that the airy fabric Of his wealth and reputa-
ton grew. We will not attempt to delve
deeper into the mysteries of his biography
at present. He is making more oil the time,
and the close Of the present period thereof
will be soon enough C write it out
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

The chips Of gallows on which sew
eral persons had been hanged, when
wor,lin bag round the neck has been
pronounced all iufallibie cure for the
ngue.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08
Henry g. Ives.

We present today portrait of Henry s.
Ives, the young Napoleonic financier whose
fiduciary exploits have made him so notori-
GUS and whose conduct of various railroad Of
fces is being so anxiously inquired about by
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Governor William L.arrabee.

William Larrahee, present governor Of
Iowa, and recently unanimously renominated
by the Republicans of the state, is native of
Connecticut, and was born in 1882. In 1858
he removed to Iowa and began his western
life as a farmer. Three years later, however,
he went into milling and manufacturing, and
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

paign. He found
Unnecessary to swim
a SIN all river.
When about half
way across, a log,
with q crooked
limb, which resem-
bled q human arm,
a attached to it,
caught the captain
around the neck.
He came near los
ing his nerve, for lie
; supposed lie was
clutched in the
grasp of some gIu3t
EAIarol nh
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Governor Washington Bartlett.

Governor Washington Bartlett, of Califor-
mia, who may have joined the silent ma
jority before these words are read, was born
in Georgia, and in 1S49 went to California
with the outfit for printing Office Shortly
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

"A. halter which has served 10 hang a
criminal when hound around the tenn
pies has been held infallihle remedy fsr
headache.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08
SKILLED IN OLD AGE.
THE LATE ALvAN CLARK, FAMOUS
TELESCOPE MAKER.

The story Of His UsefuI and Busy Life.
How He iIecame an Astronomer-How
His Telescopes Were Manufactured-His
Honors at Home and Abroad.
Alvan Clark, whose death at Cambridge,
Mass, at the age Of IS, was recently recorded,
did more to advance astronomical science
than any other person Of this century. As a
telescope maker his reputation is world wide.
When Dom Pedro, of Brazil, visited this
country some years ago he said there were
three persons in Cambridge whom he wanted
much to see. These were Longfellow, Pro
fessor Agassiz and Mr.. ALVIN Clark.
At the age when most persons think they
are too old to begin any new business or learn
anything, or even go on energetically with
what they do know, Mr.. Clark began the
work which made him famous. He did not
30 much as know anything about it. Nor did
he ever see lens in process of construction
outside Of his own shop. He lived on farm
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

govern orship by GOV. WIN. LARRABEE.
the Republicans in 1885, and was elected by
majority Of about 5000. Personally, Gov
ernor Larrabee is affable and approachable
and is plain in manner and dress. On one
occasion, when the engine drawing the train
on which he was riding to Des Moines, the
state capital, broke down, he walked the six
miles remaining of the journey in order to
keep an appointment. Governor Larrabee is
personally popular with his neighbors and
subordisotes, and has always been a very
strong supporter of the common school
svstem
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still later became
interested in the
railroad develop
ment of his adopted
state. He has been
interested in bank
ing since 1872. His
first political office
came to him when
he was elected to
the state senate.
He held o seat in
that body for more
than twenty years
afterward. He was
nominated to the
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until he was %
years old. His
early education
was such as the
common schools
afforded. In his
23d year lie went
to Lowell and be-
came a calico en-
graver. He had q
talent for drawing
which he devel-
oped unaided. For
nine years Mr..
Clark was a calico
engrayer. Mean
while lie took ND
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

Trains leave Wheeling for st. Cairsville at { 80
a. M, 100 p. M daily, except Sunday, and 200 p.
IN. daily.
Accommodation leaves GAINESVILLE at $50 a. M
daily, except Sunday, and arrives at Columbus al
S:35 a. M, Cincinnati 70 40 p. m.
Accommodation train leaves Wheeling at 6:45 a.
m daily. Arrives at IA nesville at lO:50 a. M
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-08

Itch, Prairie Mango, and Scratches of
every kind cured in thirty minutes by
2 Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. Use no
other. This never fails. Sold by d. J..
Humphrey, Napoleon. my-5-1yF
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A Costly Toilet Set.

Sarah Bernhardt has prepared to astonish
the world in the matter Of toilet sets. While
in America recently and just before leaving
New York ON her western "trip she stepped
into a we'll known New York house and or
dered toilet set of solid silver to be made
for her at cost of 5000. 1t includes q
washbowl more than two feet in diameter and
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Nos. a. a, IS and 47, daily, others daily exs
cept sunday.
40. a. does not stop between Napoleon and Tole-
do.
No. Al does not stop between Napoleon and To-
ledO. ..... ..r. ....
No II stops AZ Defiance and Defiance Junction
only, hetween Napoleon aud TT. Wayne.
No extra clarge for seats In reclining chair cars,
run ou Nos. ~, AZ, So aud IS.
q. L. KNIcKERBoCKER, Agent
.-' Napoleon, o.